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Great post! I’ve used “The Advent of English”, a British television series (ITV) presented by Melvyn Bragg. It’s an 8-part documentary.

I’m an English teacher with a limited knowledge of the TOK course, so my suggestion might not be suitable for you, but it is based on a language unit I taught to my Diploma class called “The Evolution of English”

Why don’t you team up with your English department if they teach the IB Language and Literature programme? The texts for the Paper 1 exam are usually taken from an English-speaking country around the world, and so it’s important for IB students (being Global Citizens) to understand the culture and colloquial expressions of different English-speaking countries, as they might be exposed to these in the exam (e.g. American English and expressions, formal/ “colonial” Indian English, slang-filled Australian English, etc.). The English department could do a Further Oral Activity as an assessment based on this unit.

I’ll definitely be contacting my TOK department to see if we can collaborate. Can you explain how this can be used in TOK so that I have a better understanding, please? Thanks!
Vanessa

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